On the left side of the sanity bell curve
My kids consider any temperature above arctic to be perfect for playing outside and one of their favorite activities is to create epic masterpieces with sidewalk chalk on our driveway. The days have been in the 50s and 60s around here and that means it’s chalk time. The problem we run into is, even when we… Continue reading Make Homemade Sidewalk Chalk
Who feels like giving–free–legal advice for a hypothetical situation. Hypothetical because this SO didn’t happen to me today. At. All. MY FRIEND–totally not me–stopped by the gas station outside of Walmart to grab a drink. She parked in front of the kiosk thing and left her kids in the car while she ran a short… Continue reading Lawyer Readers? Free Hypothetical Wreck Advice? Not About Me. Nope.
Before Tucker left, he joked about having to spend a week fixing all the stuff the kids and I broke while he was gone. Bet he wasn’t expecting me to break a kid. OK. So I didn’t break Ollie. Ollie broke himself. Well…I guess the chair broke Ollie but Ollie caused it so it’s his fault.… Continue reading Ollie Broke Himself. Kind Of.
Tucker sets sail on a jet plane today for places far away. I know I got off easy when I was a Navy wife. Tucker was never deployed and the longest I was away from him–other than Boot–was when he did an AT in Key West for two weeks; I was a very lucky military wife. Does… Continue reading Single Mom for a Bit
Tuesday I picked Cara up from school minus a front tooth. She had pulled it in the bathroom–and didn’t even cry–and then promptly lost the thing. This put Tucker and me in a spot since we didn’t have a tooth for the “Tooth Fairy” to retrieve and then replace with money. Wednesday was Cara’s class’s… Continue reading Cara’s Official Letter from the Tooth Fairy
This is what happens when we send the kids to clean their rooms and the playroom: they put on strange outfits and demand to have their pictures taken. Though they look cute and ridiculous, they suck at picking up. Between Tucker and me, I bet we’ve made at least fifteen trips back to their areas. Each… Continue reading Get Happy and Room Cleaning Hipsters
I’m not sure how much this counts as a “diary entry” as much as it’s kind of a news/what’s been happening kind of thing. I have a job. I don’t remember if I announced over here that Josh from Kmart Gamer fame asked me to be the Editor in Chief for his new startup which we’re currently… Continue reading DIARY ENTRY 2.4.13
Me: Are you mad at me? Tucker: {long pause} No. No, why? Me: The toilet seat is up. When you’re mad at me you leave the toilet seat up. Tucker: I’m not mad at you! Me: I can’t fix it if I don’t know why you’re mad at me. Tucker: ♪ I’m gonna kick you… Continue reading How I Tell If Tucker’s Mad At Me
Cara has attended 100 days of school. Mind officially blown. I’m not going to pull the whole, “MY BABY’S GROWING UP!!!” stuff. It’s just weird, you know? Anyway, to celebrate the joyous day, the school is having all of the kids make displays with 100 things so they can all count them or something. It’s… Continue reading 100 Days School Project: The Owl Tree
Today I meet my new shrink for the first time. This visit is most likely more needed than me continuing with talk therapy. Hell, I only went to that because Tucker suggested I talk to someone before I went off my old medication. I’ve been off those long enough now that I’m definitely back to… Continue reading Diary Entry 1.24.13
So yesterday turned out to be more of an adventure than I had planned. Shortly after I posted about Cara getting up at the ass crack of dawn, the nurse at Cara’s school called me. She thought I should come pick up Cara since Cara was “yawning a lot and was shivering.” The nurse said… Continue reading Cara Has Pneumonia
I shared this picture on Facebook yesterday: Science is cool and planets and other celestial bodies make me happy. What doesn’t make me happy? Cara running into our bedroom at 4:30 this morning screaming, “Wake up, Mommy and Ollie! The sun’s coming up! Wake up!” Go back to the image above and read #1. They should… Continue reading It Was the Moon Not the Sun AKA Cara Needs To Learn Moar Astronomy and Not Wake Us All Up
